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1	The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence more books like this by Gavin de Becker add to wishlist High-priced security consultant Gavin De Becker advises movie stars and government agencies on "the prediction and management of violence." Here he provides his own experience-derived guide to the telltale signs of serious threat. Arguing that our own intuitive power to sense danger is diminished by the human propensity for denial, De Becker's ... see all copies from £1.90! new only from £4.88! \| first editions
2	The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond more books like this by Patricia Evans add to wishlist It was Patricia Evans who first brought the critical issue of verbal abuse to national attention with the publication of her groundbreaking classic "The Verbally Abusive Relationship". In the decade since, she's become the foremost advocate for the billions of victims of verbal abuse here and around the world. From her bestselling books to her ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £6.26! \| signed copies
3	Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness more books like this by Dave Pelzer add to wishlist This is the third book in David Pelzer's touching autobiographical trilogy about surviving an abusive childhood. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	American Tabloid more books like this by James Ellroy add to wishlist As the 1950s come to a close JFK has his eyes on the White House, Bobby has a red-hot jones to nail Jimmy Hoffa, and J. Edgar Hoover is swooping down on the "red menace." FBI agents Kemper Boyd and Ward Littell work all sides of the street--jerking the chains of made men, street scum, and celebrities alike. see all copies from £1.48! new only from £5.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men more books like this by Lundy Bancroft add to wishlist In this groundbreaking book, a domestic violence expert uses his unique perspective as a therapist to take women inside the minds of abusive and controlling men to teach them how to free themselves from the chains of abuse. see all copies from £9.41! new only from £10.19!
6	We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories more books like this by Philip Gourevitch add to wishlist A history of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in which longstanding enmity between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes resulted in the murder of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus by the extremist Hutu majority. Gourevitch contrasts horrific eyewitness accounts told by Rwandans with the muted responses of the rest of the world. He also assesses ... see all copies from £1.37! new only from £5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide more books like this by Samantha Power add to wishlist This study of genocide in the 20th century examines America's pattern of reluctance to intervene--including in the Holocaust, in Cambodia, and in Bosnia. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from £5.70! new only from £8.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War & Society more books like this by Dave Grossman add to wishlist The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The ... see all copies from £8.44! new only from £8.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence more books like this by Mark Juergensmeyer add to wishlist By examining acts of religious terrorism that have occurred in the late twentieth century--in Jerusalem, Tokyo, Oklahoma City--Juergensmeyer's comparative study seeks to understand the cultural breeding ground for religious extremism and violence. see all copies from £7.06! new only from £11.14! \| first editions
10	Interpersonal Conflict more books like this by William W Wilmot add to wishlist Written for courses such as Communication and Conflict, Interpersonal Conflict, Conflict Management, Conflict and Negotiation, and Conflict in Personal Relationships, this textbook examines the central principles of effective conflict management in a wide variety of contexts - from romantic relationships to the workplace. Its combination of up-to ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £47.02! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Butter Battle Book: New York Times Notable Book of the Year more books like this by Dr Seuss add to wishlist This picture book illustrates the futility of war by dramatizing the escalating conflicts between the Yooks (who eat their bread butter side up) and the Zooks (who eat their bread butter side down). As the Yooks and the Zooks vie to outdo each other with bigger and more destructive weapons, life becomes so dangerous that most citizens are forced ... see all copies from £9.92! new only from £9.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Regarding the Pain of Others more books like this by Susan Sontag add to wishlist Susan Sontag looks at the depiction of the cruelties of modern life on the evening news, along with the media's role in shaping the viewer's perception of events. As, thanks to television, atrocity becomes commonplace, does the viewer become anesthetized to it? Does it lead to greater violence? How exactly are people affected by their inability to ... see all copies from £5.17! new only from £5.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King more books like this by Reymundo Sanchez add to wishlist These memoirs of a Chicago gang member recall his troubled home life and the violence he committed, including rape and murder. see all copies from £9.09! new only from £11.48! \| first editions
14 view cover	Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Releationship and Recovery more books like this by Patricia Evans add to wishlist Outlines solutions to abusive relationships, tells victims where to find shelters and support groups, and analyzes why many therapists misdiagnose problems in violent relationships. see all copies from £6.11! new only from £6.11! \| first editions
15 view cover	Alone more books like this by Lisa Gardner add to wishlist The shadows of the past haunt a woman to deadly effect in this gripping work of psychological suspense. In 1980, Catherine, then a schoolgirl, was kidnapped, raped, and buried alive for a month. More than 20 years later, the threat to the adult Catherine is her unstable husband, Jimmy Gagnon, who's holding a gun on her and her sickly four-year-old ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £3.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Prey more books like this by Allison Brennan add to wishlist A stunning new voice in romantic suspense makes her debut with this first book in a back-to-back trilogy in which a former FBI agent turned crime novelist discovers her books are being used as a blueprint for murder. Original. see all copies from £2.08! new only from £6.94!
17 view cover	Dreamland more books like this by Sarah Dessen add to wishlist Beautifully drawn with a vivid plot and sharp characters, this is a tale of a young girl held prisoner by her dreams. A spell keeps Caitlin in a dreamland from which she can't break free--even when the dreams turn into nightmares. see all copies from £2.57! new only from £7.83! \| first editions
18 view cover	No Place Like Home more books like this by Mary Higgins Clark add to wishlist A killer insistently unearths a woman's traumatic past in this thriller by bestselling suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark. When Celia's husband, Larry, was dying, he asked her to promise that she would never reveal her true identity to their young son nor to anyone else. So Celia's new husband, Alex, is unaware that Celia was once Liza Barton, a ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall more books like this by Misty Bernall, Madeleine L'Engle (Foreword by) add to wishlist The mother of Cassie Bernall relates the inspiring story of her daughter, who, after a troubled period in her youth, went straight--only to fall victim to the horror at Columbine High. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £3.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Shattering Glass more books like this by Gail Giles add to wishlist Meet the ruling class at BrazosVale High: rich kid "Young" Steward; glamour guy "Bobster" DeMarco; dumb-as-rocks jock "Coop" Cooper; and their supercool leader, Rob Haynes. Bored stiff, Rob takes super geek Simon Glass as his next reclamation project: he's going to make Simon popular. The willing Simon has his own agenda, and on his precipitous ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £3.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	House of Secrets more books like this by Lowell Cauffiel add to wishlist On an October night in 1993, at one of the campgrounds dotting Florida's Gulf Coast, ex-con Eddie Lee Sexton told his daughter Pixie to silence her crying baby. Incredibly, the young mother smothered the helpless infant, stuffed its tiny corpse into a gym bag, and then buried it in a shallow grave, less than a moth later, Eddie Lee ordered his son ... see all copies from £3.34! new only from £7.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Comfort of Strangers more books like this by Ian McEwan add to wishlist Colin and Mary, vacationing in a city very much like Venice, are not having a good time. Then they meet Robert, a seedy and somewhat sinister bar owner, and his wife--and find that the bizarre encounter energizes their deteriorating marriage. A twisted relationship develops among these four characters in a situation of mounting horror until the ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Smoky Night more books like this by Eve Bunting add to wishlist This is the story of a street riot, seen through a young boy's eyes. Because of the danger the boy, Daniel, and his mother are forced to flee from their home and retreat to a shelter. While there Daniel and his mother realize that they should get to know their neighbors--and not let their differences, racial and otherwise, shut them off from each ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £6.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence more books like this by Fox Butterfield add to wishlist The story of an African American family, the Boskets. Covers their slave origins, their lives in the incredibly violent post-Reconstruction Edgefield County, S.C., and the family's migration to Harlem, culminating in the present-day crimes and punishments of Willie Bosket, who shot two men on the New York City subway in 1978 at the age of 15. see all copies from £8.14! new only from £11.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse more books like this by Lundy Bancroft add to wishlist In this groundbreaking book, a leading expert on domestic abuse and its effects turns his unique perspective on the littlest victims of spousal abuse--the children. see all copies from £9.28! new only from £10.19!

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